A Handweaver's Studio

This is the site of a weaving program that you can use to design weave structures and color compositions.

To familiarize yourself with the tool itself you can start with these familiar patterns and some excercises. Clicking on the "Plain Weave" icon will get you into the tool. You can then change the weave structure in the drawdown you can get the patterns below. Go ahead.

Java Applet - Plain
Plain Weave

How many harnesses are used? Click on the icons below to find out.

Java Applet - Twill Java Applet - Dots
Plain Weave with 2/2 Twill Plain Weave with Dots

From here you can visit the pattern library, call up the yarn calculator, or read documentation.

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